Soitec is a world leader in generating and producing revolutionary semiconductor materials with applications in electronics, solar energy (through CPV system) and lighting. It is an international company founded by French nationals Jean-Michel Lamure and André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé in 1992.

Visit of Soitec’s Touwsrivier Project

Visit of Soitec’s Touwsrivier Project

Visit of Soitec’s Touwsrivier Project

Visit of Soitec’s Touwsrivier Project

Visit of Soitec’s Touwsrivier Project

The Touwsrivier power plant (Western Cape) is the largest CPV solar plant in operation in Europe and Africa: 190 hectares, 1500 trackers, supplying enough energy to power 13,000 houses.

The CPV system presents numerous advantages in sunny, desert-like regions: